Inside Look at the 2008 TCA Celebrity Gift Lounge

Have you ever wondered what the pictures of Summer Glau holding various products at a red carpet event were about? Wonder no more, they simply show Summer at a celebrity gift lounge.

One of the many perks to being a celebrity is that you get free stuff at a gift lounge, where various companies are offering their products to celebrities in exchange for the celebrity taking a photo with the product or on a red carpet while standing in front of a press wall displaying company logos. The vendors participating to a celebrity gifting suites have the opportunity to meet with celebs in hopes to gain more exposure for their products.

Check out the following images of a radiant Summer Glau wearing a ADAM by Adam Lippes yellow dress, at the 2008 Teen Choice “Mattel Celebrity Retreat”, produced by Backstage Creations, on August 3, 2008. In the pictures, Summer Glau is wearing a leather belt by melamed, holding a piece of jewelry by Whiteflash from their AWEAR collection or posing in front of Southpole Clothing or a Volkswagen Jetta TDI (and no, the Jetta wasn't a gift).

The celebs also took time out to do some good for charities; for example, they autographed the hood of a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, that was later auctioned off with all the proceeds going to City of Hope, a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening diseases.

Here are more photos of celebs at the Mattel Celebrity Retreat at 2008 Teen Choice Awards.